16: FIRST PHOTOGRAPH WITH FRIENDS & RELATIVES | Grandma Hale snuggling you at the hospital the morning you were born. | Grandpa Hale holding you at the hospital the day you were born. | Great-Grandma & Grandpa Nussmeier with you at the hospital. | Great-Grandpa Hale holding you at the hospital.

17: FIRST PHOTOGRAPH WITH FRIENDS & RELATIVES | Courtney & Rory Nellis came to meet you at the hospital. | Courtney Nellis, Cyndie Carneal & Lauren Hancock came to see you, too. | Aunt Kara couldn't wait to meet you. She came over right after you got home from the hospital. | Uncle Chris was pretty excited to meet you, too! He came over right as you got home.

18: FIRST PHOTOGRAPH WITH FRIENDS & RELATIVES | Aunt Melissa came too! She & Uncle Chris got engaged on the day you were born. | Uncle Lukas was pretty excited to meet you! | Great-Grandma Hale thought you were pretty special! | Your first outing was to Grandma & Grandpa Hale's for dinner with your aunts & uncles the day we brought you home.

19: FIRST PHOTOGRAPH WITH FRIENDS & RELATIVES | Grandpa Fritz came from Minnesota to see you shortly after you were born! | Grandma Fritz came, too! They thought you were pretty adorable! | You, Daddy & Kirby spent some time cuddling on the couch on your first morning at home (which was Easter, also). Kirby loved you right away! She was constantly kissing you. We frequently were saying, "Kirby, stop licking your brother!"

20: This was the day you went home from the hospital. You wore your hospital hat that had bunny ears (because you were born the week of Easter) and a little outfit that said "I Love Mommy." Mommy & Daddy were SO excited to take you home. Daddy drove extra careful on the way home. | Date: April 23, 2011 | In your car seat when we got you home. | All dressed and ready to head home! | You & Mommy right before going home.

21: Mommy & Daddy tried to keep your head covered and warm the first several weeks! You looked pretty darn cute in all your hats.

22: FIRST HOLIDAY | Your first holiday was Easter 2011. You were only four days old. We spent the day snuggling at home and went to Aunt Sara's house for lunch and to introduced you to mommy's side of the family! | April 24, 2011 | Snuggle time with Daddy & Kirby on Easter morning.

24: MILESTONES | _____________________________________________________________ | First stroller ride... | First bath... | First photo as a family of four... | First time in the pool... | First wedding...

25: May 30, 2011: We put you in a pool for the first time on Memorial Day 2011 when you were just five weeks old. We thought you might like it because you LOVED your baths! But you were pretty sleepy and you slept most of the time you were in there. | June 29, 2011: Daddy brought Mommy some frozen yogurt home we decided to give you a little bite. You were just under 10 weeks old, but you seemed to like it and your faces were hysterical.

26: MOTHER'S DAY | DATE__________

27: How I asked Uncle Chris & Aunt Kara to be my Godparents!

28: Mommy & Daddy's wedding photographer took your first professional pictures when you were 5 weeks old!

31: You were baptized at Holy Rosary Church on July 17, 2011. Mommy and Daddy chose Uncle Chris and Aunt Kara to be your godparents. They were so excited to be your godparents! You wore the same Christening gown that mommy wore and Uncle Chris and Aunt Kara wore. You were so good during the entire ceremony. You did not cry at all. You were a little surprised when the put the holy water on your forehead, but didn't cry. After the ceremony we went back to Grandma and Grandpa Hale's house for a lunch!

34: Charlie Fun Facts: - We put you upstairs in your crib for the first time at 10 weeks. Mommy was so nervous about not having you in the room with her - BUT you did just fine and it was the first time you ever slept through the night! - People think you look like the Gerber Baby. - You had a pretty heavy case of cradle cap. Your head looked like a little giraffe. - You are 9 months now and you don't technically crawl! You get where you want to go, but it is pretty unattractive. You can get your legs moving, but you can't seem to get both arms to work at the same time. One always seems to get stuck underneath you! We get a pretty good laugh as you roll and army crawl across the floor. - You love to hold on to mommy's hands and stand up like a big boy. - We gave you a lemon around 8.5 months and you made the FUNNIEST faces! We gave you Sour Patch Kids and it didn't eve phase you. Now when I get out a bag of Sour Patch Kids you get all excited and squeal! You love them! - You love when Grandma and Grandpa babysit you! Daddy and I leave and you just sit in Grandma's arms smiling! It makes it a lot easier to leave you! - You love the Backyardigans! You will sit in your jumper and not move for the entire half hour!

35: Everything Charlie - You started eating Stage 3 foods the first week of January and you LOVED all of it! We gave you a roll at Rolling Hills Country Club and you took a small bite and we decided it was time for you to try solid foods. We gave you banana puffs first and you made the funniest faces every time we stuck one in your mouth. You would taste it and then just swallow it whole! - You started riding in the grocery cart like a big boy the first week of January, too! You love sitting in the cart with your cart cover and the toys attached to it and drooling all over the place while you kick and squeal! The first time we put you in the cart with the cart cover, you drooled so much that Daddy could wring out the drool in the toys you were chewing on! It gave us a good laugh! - We had dinner at the Joiners' house when you were about 8 months old and their big dog Max came up to check you out in your car seat and you started to pout and cry! Later in the evening you two warmed up to him. - I had decided that when you were first born I wanted to do skin-to-skin with you. I was so excited when they handed you to me right after you were born. However, you had a little surprise for me. You POOPED on me! I was so happy you were finally here that I didn't mind! - Daddy changed your first diaper! - Your first babysitter that wasn't your grandmas was Aunt Sara. Mommy and Daddy went to a wedding and Aunt Sara watched you. You were just under 8 months.